1966-08-14 Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Miss World 1986. Her breakthrough film role was in the romantic comedy Boomerang (1992), alongside Eddie Murphy, which led to roles in The Flintstones (1994) and Bulworth (1998) as well as the television film Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999), for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Berry established herself as one of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood during the 2000s. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance of a struggling widow in the romantic drama Monster's Ball (2001), becoming the first woman of color and, as of 2023, the only Black woman to have won the award. She took on high-profile roles such as Storm in four installments of the X-Men film series (2000–2014), the henchwoman of a robber in the thriller Swordfish (2001), Bond girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002), and the title role in the much-derided Catwoman (2004), the latter for which she received US$12.5 million. A varying critical and commercial reception followed in subsequent years, with Perfect Stranger (2007), Cloud Atlas (2012) and The Call (2013) being among her notable film releases in that period. She launched a production company, 606 Films, in 2014 and has been involved in the production of a number of projects in which she performed, such as the CBS science fiction series Extant (2014–2015). She appeared in the action films Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017) and John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) and made her directorial debut with the Netflix drama Bruised (2020). Berry has been a Revlon spokesmodel since 1996. She was formerly married to baseball player David Justice, singer-songwriter Eric Benét, and actor Olivier Martinez. She has two children, one with Martinez and another with model Gabriel Aubry.
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Thug Rose: Mixed Martial Artist | Self | 2022-10-30 |
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Moonfall | Jocinda Fowler | 2022-02-03 |
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Sidney | Self | 2022-09-10 |
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Power of Women: The Changemakers | Self | 2022-09-22 |
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Soul of a Nation Presents: Screen Queens Rising | Self | 2022-02-03 |
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Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale | Self | 2021-05-05 |
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2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony | Self | 2021-11-20 |
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Bruised | Jackie Justice | 2020-09-12 |
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Celebrating Marvel's Stan Lee | Self / Storm (archive footage) | 2019-12-20 |
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John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum | Sofia | 2019-05-15 |
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Kings | Millie Dunbar | 2017-11-11 |
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Kingsman: The Golden Circle | Ginger | 2017-09-20 |
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Kidnap | Karla McCoy | 2017-06-16 |
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Kevin Hart: What Now? | Money Berry | 2016-10-14 |
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And the Oscar Goes To... | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-01 |
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X-Men: Days of Future Past | Ororo Munroe / Storm | 2014-05-15 |
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Movie 43 | Emily (segment "Truth or Dare") | 2013-01-24 |
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The Call | Jordan Turner | 2013-03-14 |
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Whitney Houston - We Will Always Love You | self | 2012-07-01 |
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Dark Tide | Kate Mathieson | 2012-03-28 |
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Cloud Atlas | Native Woman / Jocasta Ayrs / Luisa Rey / Indian Party Guest / Ovid / Meronym | 2012-10-26 |
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New Year's Eve | Nurse Aimee | 2011-12-08 |
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Frankie & Alice | Frankie | 2010-12-10 |
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For Love of Liberty: The Story of America's Black Patriots | Host | 2010-01-01 |
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Perfect Stranger | Rowena Price | 2007-04-11 |
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AFI: 100 Years... 100 Movies... 10th Anniversary Edition | Self | 2007-06-20 |
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Things We Lost in the Fire | Audrey Burke | 2007-09-26 |
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X-Men: The Last Stand | Ororo Munroe / Storm | 2006-05-24 |
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Robots | Cappy (voice) | 2005-03-10 |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God | Janie Starks | 2005-03-06 |
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The Many Faces of Catwoman | Herself | 2005-01-18 |
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Catwoman | Patience Phillips / Catwoman | 2004-07-22 |
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John Travolta: The Inside Story | Self | 2004-04-22 |
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X2 | Ororo Munroe / Storm | 2003-04-27 |
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Christmas from Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | 2003-11-13 |
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Gothika | Miranda Grey | 2003-11-21 |
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The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | 2003-05-20 |
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X-Men: Premieres Around the World | Herself | 2003-02-11 |
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Dorothy Dandridge: An American Beauty | Herself (archive footage) | 2003-06-24 |
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Shaken and Stirred on Ice | Self | 2002-01-01 |
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Bond Girls Are Forever | Herself | 2002-11-06 |
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Die Another Day: From Script to Screen | Self | 2002-11-20 |
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Die Another Day | Jinx Johnson | 2002-11-17 |
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America: A Tribute to Heroes | Self | 2001-09-21 |
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The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
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De Superman à Spider-Man: L'aventure des super-héros | Storm (archive footage) | 2001-12-23 |
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Monster's Ball | Leticia Musgrove | 2001-06-07 |
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Swordfish | Ginger Knowles | 2001-06-08 |
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X-Men | Ororo Munroe / Storm | 2000-07-13 |
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Introducing Dorothy Dandridge | Dorothy Dandridge | 1999-08-21 |
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Welcome to Hollywood | Halle Berry | 1998-10-01 |
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The Wedding | Shelby Coles | 1998-02-22 |
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Bulworth | Nina | 1998-05-15 |
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Why Do Fools Fall In Love | Zola Taylor | 1998-08-28 |
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B.A.P.S. | Nisi | 1997-03-28 |
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Executive Decision | Jean | 1996-03-15 |
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Girl 6 | Herself | 1996-03-22 |
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The Rich Man's Wife | Josie Potenza | 1996-09-13 |
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Race the Sun | Miss Sandra Beecher | 1996-03-22 |
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Losing Isaiah | Khaila Richards | 1995-03-17 |
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Solomon & Sheba | Nikhaule / Queen Sheba | 1995-02-26 |
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The Flintstones | Sharron Stone | 1994-05-26 |
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The Program | Autumn Haley | 1993-09-24 |
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CB4 | Self | 1993-03-12 |
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Father Hood | Kathleen Mercer | 1993-08-27 |
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Boomerang | Angela Lewis | 1992-06-30 |
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Jungle Fever | Vivian | 1991-06-07 |
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The Last Boy Scout | Cory | 1991-12-13 |
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Strictly Business | Natalie | 1991-11-08 |
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The Process | Kirsa | |
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The Union | Roxanne | |
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Maude v Maude | ||
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2nd Unit: Invisible Action Stars | Self | |
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Never Let Go | ||
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The Mothership | Sara Morse | |
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The 47th Annual People's Choice Awards | Self - Honoree | |
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